It was anchors aweigh on the Jersey Shore Saturday as hundreds of boaters took to sea in support of legislation enforcement and President Trump.
An estimated 2,000 watercraft joined “The Trump Legislation and Order Parade” because it set off from Toms River underneath a brilliant blue sky, most of them decked out in patriotic flags and banners — and bagpipers in some circumstances.
“It was superior,” organizer Chris Molla instructed The Publish. “I’m on cloud 9 proper now.”
One speedboat carried seven flags that proclaimed “Police Lives Matter” and “Trump 2020: Maintain America Nice” as they whipped within the stiff salt breeze on Barnegat Bay.
Others — ranging in measurement from jet skis to cabin cruisers — flew American flags and “skinny blue line” banners to honor fallen cops.
Landlubbers waving Outdated Glory from a pier over the bay cheered the spectacle as tons of of boats handed beneath the Henderson Memorial Bridge in Manahawkin.
“A good looking time within the nice America,” mentioned spectator Bonni Hurley from her perch on the span. “There have been white, black, Hispanic … all singing, smiling, laughing. It was such an ideal feeling.”
The Jersey Shore flotilla was one in every of many Saturday, as Trump supporters in 23 states took to native waterways to enhance the president.
“The aim was to ship a message to legislation enforcement and the army, to present the boys in blue we’re right here and we support you,” Molla mentioned. “And the president helps them, so it goes hand in hand.”
Boat parades have develop into a favourite method for Trump followers to flaunt their MAGA swag and present support for the president as he seeks reelection. Flotillas have taken to New York’s waters — together with in Lengthy Island and across the Statue of Liberty — in latest weeks.
An Aug. 19 procession that set off from Florida’s Clearwater Seashore with almost 1,200 registered watercraft is being examined by Guinness World Information as a possible record-breaker, the Tampa Bay Occasions reported.
“I simply want I had time — I’d get on a type of boats, and I’d be carrying a flag additionally,” Trump mentioned on the time.
Further reporting by J.C. Rice
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